Bohorodchany is an urban settlement on the right bank of the Bystritsa Solotvinska River (a tributary of the Dniester River), located at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, 16 kilometers southeast of Ivano-Frankivs'k and 19 kilometers north of Nadvirna.

The name Bohorodchany is probably derived from the name used for the Virgin Mary in the Slavic languages, Bohoroditsa. First mentioned as a

private settlement in 1411. Jews are mentioned in documents from 1717. In 1905,

Yeshivat Torat Haim was founded in the town.

The Yiddish form Brotchin is a reduction, common for the Yiddish language, in which the consonant "h" in the Slavic name is regularly omitted (We are thankful to Prof. Valerii Dymshits from St. Petersburg for this note).